Domestic and International Politics in the Transatlantic Community

1. Clive Crook of the Financial Times argues that Presidential hopeful, Rick Perry, has a double face that makes him unelectable.

2. Richard Haass of the Council on Foreign Relations underlined the need for the US to send troops in Libya in order to assert the regime change from Qaddafi to the rebels.

3. Round 2 on taxing the ‘mega-rich.’ Responding to last week comments made by Warren Buffet about a tax increase on the ‘mega-rich,’ former CEO of American Express, Harvey Golub, says not so fast! His reply published on the WSJ – as opposed to the NYT, anyway –, wherein he argues that before increasing taxes on the ‘mega-rich’ the government should do a better job with what it already collects. Not a big surprise coming from a man that was at the head of a powerful credit card company and now professes his beliefs as part of the ultra-conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute!

4. Judy Dempsey of the New York Times explains how the elites are keeping the power from the people. Welcome in Europe!

After being tarnished by the international press following his articles condemning the US judiciary system for humiliating his friend, former IMF President, Dominique Strauss-Khan, French philosopher, Bernard-Henry Lévy comes back with a quite powerful article on the ‘success’ of the Libyan war. He played a major role, backstage, in the early rounds in advising French President Sarkozy to send troops to Libya (in french).